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Five Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Five Books is a library of knowledge, curating book recommendations on any topic. Experts recommend the five best books in their subject. https://t.co/MzOKjuzP3t

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Book Cover for: Beautiful World, Where Are You, Sally Rooney

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Sally Rooney
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NEW: The publication of Sally Rooney’s hotly anticipated third novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You, must be the literary event of 2021. @CalFlyn, deputy editor of Five Books, says it has been worth the wait. https://fivebooks.com/book/beautiful-world-where-are-you-a-novel/ https://t.co/IOOEzEQwkw

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Origin of Species: Deluxe Hardbound Edition, Charles Darwin

The Origin of Species: Deluxe Hardbound Edition

Charles Darwin
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On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin was published #OnThisDay in 1859. @Evolutionistrue has advised us on the "best edition for general readers": https://t.co/XhsnSP23F8

Hardcover, 2021

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Heartstopper #2: A Graphic Novel: Volume 2, Alice Oseman

Heartstopper #2: A Graphic Novel: Volume 2

Alice Oseman
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NEW: Books similar to Heartstopper? Alice Oseman's heartwarming YA webcomic has taken the world by storm. As fans anxiously await the second season of the hit TV adaptation, we recommend five more books like #Heartstopper. https://t.co/EJF3FWRLbx

Paperback, 2020

$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Dracula, Bram Stoker

Dracula

Bram Stoker
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Bram Stoker (author of Dracula) died #OnThisDay in 1912. It’s a good old-fashioned blood and guts melodrama designed to be frightening." — @AnnoDracula . https://t.co/d7QSAtVW14 


Paperback, 2003

$11.00$5.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: David Copperfield, Charles Dickens

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens
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Congratulation to Barbara Kingsolver for winning the 2023 Pulitzer Fiction prize with Demon Copperhead. It "reimagines Charles Dickens‘s David Copperfield as set in the Appalachian Mountains...A true saga with a cast of thousands. Compulsively readable" https://t.co/m7BYQePdB1

Paperback, 2000

$12.00$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald
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“In the early 1920s, Fitzgerald and his friends were talking about the idea of what American literature should be.” F Scott Fitzgerald died #OnThisDay in 1940 @sarahchurchwell's #readinglist on The Great Gatsby: https://fivebooks.com/best-books/sarah-churchwell-on-the-great-gatsby/

Paperback, 2004

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller
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Madeline Miller’s bestselling debut novel The Song of Achilles is a mythical retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of Patroclus. A parable of love and loss, with Miller’s beautiful prose captivating the masses and leaving many of us hungry for more. https://t.co/PCdc7isg5f

Paperback, 2012

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Oxford Bookworms 3e 4 Little Women MP3 Pack

Alcott
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Louisa May Alcott was born #OnThisDay in 1832. Her famous novel 'Little Women' has been recommended by a lawyer, an historian and an author. "It contains a powerful message to young women, namely that they do not have to marry in order to achieve success." https://t.co/9FDYhPP4Mx

Paperback, 2018

$15.40$7.70 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott
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Louisa May Alcott was born #OnThisDay in 1832. Her famous novel 'Little Women' has been recommended by a lawyer, an historian and an author. "It contains a powerful message to young women, namely that they do not have to marry in order to achieve success." https://t.co/9FDYhQ6FE5

Hardcover, 2014

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Gustave Doré

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Gustave Doré
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge born #OnThisDay in 1772. Professor Seamus Perry on 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner': "It’s not just a poem about terrible things, it’s a poem about how you remember terrible things, narrativise them, and try to make sense of them." https://t.co/3ruUqRCu8T

Paperback, 1970

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